2-888-791 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Market Boats Arriving at Angers - painted by E. A. Goodall, 1850. Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. 'In few towns of France will the antiquary, artist, or architect find a greater number of interesting antique churches and houses than here. Mr. Goodall has in his picture availed himself of the most picturesque objects at the waterside - the venerable Castle, close to the new suspension-bridge, which fell down a few months since. The Castle walls were originally washed by the waters of the Maine, until its moat was partly filled, to give place to the new quay...Another prominent object in the picture is the Cathedral, everywhere conspicuous from its elevated position, and its twin-towers placed so closely together as to seem thrown into one. The old bridge is also shown, as are also some of the picturesque old gabled houses and towers of the town buildngs'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.